A man accused of shouting racist abuse at a Chard shop worker after he was allegedly caught urinating outside the back of a hotel has been ordered to stand trial before Somerset Magistrates.

Pawel Malachowski, 32, of Combe Street, Chard, appeared before Somerset Magistrates at Yeovil accused of two racially aggravated public order offences.

He is alleged on April 28 at Bath House Hotel in Chard, with intent to cause Ronald Takwai Jim harassment, alarm or distress, to have used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour, and that the offence was racially aggravated.

He was charged with a further similar offence on the same date without the racial element.

Prosecutor Joanne Pearce said that after Malachowski was caught urinating outside the back of the premises, he was said to have said racist words to the complainant